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BOZEMAN – Montana State ended Jap Washington’s nine-game profitable streak, defeating the Eagles 70-60 on Thursday at Worthington Enviornment .
The Eagles (13-8, 7-1), who remained in first place within the Massive Sky males’s basketball standings, shot 44.9% from the sector, their worst effort in 10 video games.
In addition they made a season-low 2 of 18 3-pointers.
“We’ve obtained to be higher than that,” EWU head coach David Riley mentioned in a postgame radio interview. “That’s powerful to beat.”
They had been additionally outrebounded by a Massive Sky opponent for the primary time this season, 39-36. Jap’s 60 factors had been the workforce’s fewest of your complete season.
“We weren’t the extra bodily workforce tonight,” Riley mentioned. “That’s our id.”
The Bobcats (11-11, 6-3) led for all however 3½ minutes, they usually held a lead of at the very least six factors all through the second half.
MSU’s Robert Ford III scored a game-high 21 factors on 5-of-12 capturing from the sector and an 8-for-10 evening on the free-throw line.
With 2:45 remaining and trailing 65-56, Jap was assessed two technical fouls: one on its bench after which one other on Riley. The Bobcats made simply 1 of 4 of the next free throws, however the Eagles couldn’t capitalize, making simply two baskets the remainder of the best way.
Junior Casey Jones led the Eagles with 12 factors; junior Cedric Coward had 11 factors and 9 rebounds.
The Eagles additionally dedicated 18 turnovers for the second straight recreation and had a season-low 9 assists.
They play once more Saturday in Missoula in opposition to Montana (15-7, 6-3), adopted by a recreation Monday at Portland State (13-8, 4-4).
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